Jim Olson, BCBA, LCMHC...

Jim is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. He is currently the Executive Director of the BEL Center, where he oversees programming, working closely with children, families, BEL Center staff and other organizations, providing both direct services and general oversight.

Prior to his role as a founding partner of the BEL Center, Jim was the onsite behavioral consultant for a local K-6 elementary school. His role there enabled him to work closely with students, parents, teachers and support staff to support student success at school.

​Jim has been been providing therapy and behavioral consultation services to individuals, schools and families for the last 15 years. After a number of years working in alternative educational settings, Jim spent 10 years working in community mental health providing therapy for a wide range of youth and families. In addition to providing therapy, he spent time working on a local mental health crisis team and was the program coordinator for the children's crisis team. Between 2005 and 2011 Jim was the School Services Supervisor, providing clinical and behavioral consultation to schools and clinicians throughout Windham County, Vermont.

Between 2003 and 2011, Jim created and ran a therapeutic recreation summer program for local youth. This 10 person pilot program eventually grew into a program serving as many as 100 local youth each summer.

On a lighter note, Jim is a father of four children ranging in ages from 8-22. He has been blessed to watch his children attend great schools, participate in a wide variety of local extra-curricular activities, and generally flourish in our local community.Jim is an avid trail runner and has won two national championships and a world championship playing Ultimate Frisbee on club teams based in New England.